How to Install Shotcut Video Editor 16.11 in Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10

The Shotcut video editor software has reached the 16.11 release, here’s quick tip for how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10.

Shotcut is a free, open source, and cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. Major features include support for a wide range of formats, no import required meaning native timeline editing, Blackmagic Design support for input and preview monitoring, and resolution support to 4k.

Shotcut 16.11 features a new so-called portable app, and also:

Fixed drag-n-drop to Timeline after moving clip to different track.

Fixed LUT (3D) filter for languages/regions that use comma for decimal point.

Fixed Properties > Speed on macOS for languages/regions that use comma for decimal point.

Added Gaelic (Scottish) translation.

How to Install Shotcut in Ubuntu:

Shotcut offers a non-install Linux binary package available for download at this page.

One comment

I get the error
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
shotcut : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Synaptic shows that I have a libstreamer plugins base 1.0-0 but no 0.10